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I had a damp patch on an internal single brick wall between the lounge and the hallway. When it was damp outside the damp would be more apparent upto 18" or so from the floorboards. A few weeks ago I lifted up the boards on both sides of the wall and installed a new plastic DPC under each...

I'm making a glazing bar, the rebate is for a panel to sit in and be finished off with a quadrant. here is a drawing Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/img] My original question was just to find out if I should have done it a different way but I don't think I could have that would have made...

Hi, the rack in the timber merchants is outdoors but covered, so its dry but plenty of air around it. I kept the wood in the house for 2 days after I got it but it was outside for a day before I worked on it. A joiner I asked said I could wet it and try to straighten it but that it would bend...

I got it from the rack in the local timber yard. They had loads of it along with all other sizes of timber. I don't know if it was seasoned but it was the same colour as the 50 or so other sizes of wood in the rack. I spoke to a joiner earlier today and he said there's no way of cutting it to...

I have been told that it would still have bent if I cut it in half first then rebated it

So I bought a nice straight piece of softwood 2000x142x33 PAR and spent an hour or so putting a 20x20 rebate all along the length with my router. Then I cut it in 1/2 lengthways to give me a piece 2000 x71 with a 20x20 rebate full length. When I started out everything was straight. The...

Hi guys, I have been getting great advice on how to paint the Apex of my house in the Decorating forum. But now I have got scaffold up and had a close look the 3 black vertical timbers are rotten at the bottom along with the quadrants at each sides. I am thinking it might be an easier...

Ok I know I said a couple of weeks but .. well the scaffold tower is up and I've been able to have a close look up there. My observations: 1. bloody hell its high up and it doesn't half sway .. I must be mad 2. the white paint is easily peeled off the asbestos sheet leaving behind the...

The scaffolding is sorted, a guy up the road has a tower he's happy to lend me. Time scale wise I'm looking to make a start within the next 2 - 3 weeks. So today I decided to call Dulux in Slough for their advice : After scraping away the loose paint, if the surface underneath is not...

Thanks Growler. As I have to hire scaffolding to get up there I only want to do the job once. So I'll hit it with stabilising solution, then the masonry paint. Do I still need to apply a coat of diluted masonry paint after the stabiliser or put it on straight from the tin ? How long...

So after scraping off the peeling white, I'm left with the yellow, which if sound I can leave and rub down ? But no stabiliser is needed before the thinned masonry paint ? Doesn't the powdery surface of the board / yellow need to be sealed before applying the masonry paint or is the...

I have been inside the attic and had a look Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us working from inside out: there is a plastic membrane right across the apex, behind that is roofing felt and behind that is a flat smooth white board about 1/4" - 3/8" thick that...

Hi guys, well its an interesting problem eh ? I am as much in the dark as you are. I need to organise scaffolding to get up there and see what's beneath the paint. Its a 1930's semi so it may be a formica finish as has been suggested or it could be a plywood that's been painted. Until I get...

Hi I have had a rummage in the shed and found 2 tins of Weathershield White masonry paint, water based, that I didn't know where there ! So after a damn good scraping, and sanding down, I'll use that and fingers crossed it'll stick and look good. Thanks for the advice guys.

I haven't been close up to inspect it yet but I assume its some form of boarding thats been painted. As for finish, anything either smooth or rough I'm not bothered as long as it sticks up there, is white and doesn't peel. As you can see its high up so it doesn't have to stand up to close...

Hi guys, I am gearing up to paint the outside of the house Black/White as per the attached photos. However you can see that the white is peeling badly. It transpires that my neighbour painted the white for the previous occupant several years ago and he said he had a really tough job trying to...

Sounds like increased ventilation is the first route. We're not talking Ferrari's here so the solution cost needs to be reasonable. The problem is all the sides are concrete section and corrugated roof, so fitting something like an inbuilt fan is night on impossible through the 2" walls...

I have an external detached concrete sectioned garage with asbestos(like) corrugated roofing sheets and a metal up & over door and concrete floor. It is used to store my classic car in. There are no leaks from the roof so its a dry garage when it rains. However when we get a wet night, the car...

Thanks, he's got another 5 or so courses to lay yet and the top course were headers so I'm assuming he'll put them back too. By bucket handle do you mean point it flush and then go along with a rounded piece of wood to shape it in slightly ? What is tile creasing oversail ?

I have a young lad rebuilding a garden wall. He said he was a brickie but to me it looks like he has done a training course and is new at the job. Fair enough, everyone has to start somewhere and learn their trade. At the end of the day its a garden wall so as long as its reasonable I'm happy...